FBI director to warn Chinese hackers aim to 'wreak havoc' on US critical infrastructure
FBI Director Christopher Wray is expected to warn about the growing threat of Chinese cyberattacks against U.S. electrical grids and other infrastructure in testimony before the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party.
FBI Director Christopher Wray is expected to warn about the growing threat of Chinese cyberattacks against U.S. electrical grids and other infrastructure during an appearance Wednesday morning before the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party.
“China’s hackers are positioning on American infrastructure in preparation to wreak havoc and cause real-world harm to American citizens and communities, if or when China decides the time has come to strike,” Wray will tell the panel, according to excerpts of his prepared testimony released by the FBI.
Wray is also expected to argue that “there has been far too little public focus” that Chinese hackers are targeting critical infrastructure in the U.S. such as water treatment plans, the electrical fridges, oil and natural gas pipelines, and transportation systems.
“And the risk that poses to every American requires our attention — now,” the excerpts of Wray’s prepared testimony say.
Wray plans to emphasize that the “cyber onslaught” by Chinese hackers “goes way beyond prepositioning for future conflict,” saying that every day the hackers are “actively attacking” U.S. economic security, engaging in “wholesale theft of our innovation, and our personal and corporate data.”
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